I don't think he has accepted yet that he admires you.
Everyone admires a person who does their own thing - as long as it's cool.
Plotinus is no dualist, like the Christian Gnostics; he admires the beauty and splendour of the world.
Her community admires her compliance with the ethic of compassion, but she doesn't know a single male vegan within it.
Furthermore, men should never assume that because a woman admires celebrity jewelry she automatically wants it for her own ring design.